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There’s a great video going around right now of seven-year-old Talaya Crawford, who lost her shoe at the beginning of a race. Talaya had to go back to get her shoe and put it on, but she didn’t let that slow her down, and she ended up winning the race. Hearing her parents encouraging her from the stands and hearing the crowd’s enthusiasm is contagious.

Have you ever noticed that the decision you make from a more neutral mind, one with more perspective, is often different than a decision you make when you're reactive? Have you ever let a low mood, or self-doubt, stop you from moving forward with a new idea? Have you ever felt righteous and offended and tried to make your case to a colleague or loved one while still reeling inside?

Are you attending to what's going on outside of you or what's going on inside of you? If we are always attending to or tuning in to what is going on outside of ourselves or the information coming in, we potentially cut ourselves off from what wants to come through, from the deeper, more wholistic truth within. We drown out the inner knowing or insights by taking in too much information or considering only what is happening outside of ourselves.

I was watching a clip of the comedian John Mulaney and when he said, “Growing up, I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger problem than it turned out to be.” I laughed out loud, and I could totally relate. Let me start by saying that I was a latchkey kid. My mom raised seven kids on her own, and when we got home from school, she was still at work.